NEW: Marriage Equality Praises Sen. Whitehouse for Standing Up for Same Sex Marriage
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Marriage Equality Rhode Island Campaign Director Ray Sullivan issued the following statement today praising Senator Sheldon Whitehouse after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed a measure to end the Defense of Marriage Act.Marriage Equality Rhode Island Campaign Director Ray Sullivan issued the following statement today praising Senator Sheldon Whitehouse after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed a measure to end the Defense of Marriage Act.
“Today, Sen. Whitehouse showed us what real character and leadership look like. His unwavering commitment to equal rights and recognition for all American citizens was further buffeted this afternoon by his vote to pass the Respect for Marriage Act and moves America one step closer to bringing DOMA’s hurtful and harmful discrimination to a permanent end.
Equality supporters are grateful to Sen. Whitehouse as well as to Congressman Jim Langevin and Congressman David Cicilline for cosponsoring this important civil rights legislation,” Sullivan said.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTSen. Jack Reed is the only member of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation who has yet to announce whether he will support the Respect for Marriage Act. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he voted in favor or passing DOMA in 1996.
